1. The Faro Convention in Research-Action
Community Involvement in a Post-disaster Heritage Revitalization
Workshop, 9-12 October, Fontecchio, Italy

2. The Faro Convention in Research-Action
Workshop Presentation
(context, participants, programme, expected results)
By Dr. Isabelle Brianso & Prosper Wanner

3. 1. Elements of Context
The Faro Convention (FC) aims to stimulate a multicultural heritage community involvement in the European territory;
The FC strengthens the common heritage of Europe (art. 3);
The FC encourages a new model of heritage governance defined as an incubator of practices and uses that should boost local initiatives in strong interaction with political institutions;
The FC points outs fundamental European democratic principals (Human Rights) and innovative concepts;
The FC stresses on an open definition of cultural heritage as a group of “resource” (museums, dances, artefacts, monuments, nature, etc.).

4. 2. The FC Research-Action Workshop
The first Faro Convention Research-Action Workshop in Fontecchio aims:
To develop partnerships with academia, civil society and investigation centres (universities);
To carry out case studies on multi-scales territories (rural, urban), heritage communities (local actors, museums, NGOs, etc.) and European heritage (culture, nature) on Faro Convention values and principals.

5. 2. The FC Research-Action Workshop
The first Faro Convention Research-Action Workshop is focused on post-disaster heritage revitalization:
Fontecchio is a rural place which offers a relevant fieldwork of research-action as a cultural heritage example focuses on preparedness, response and revitalization;
The Faro case studies are research-oriented and based on previous projects supported or related to CoE programmes (European Cultural Routes, LDPP, COMUS, PCDK, etc.) that should constitute a significant corpus of fieldwork regarding methodology implemented and research productions (articles, papers, documentaries, conferences, etc.).

6. 2. The FC Research-Action Workshop
The first Faro Convention Research-Action Workshop is focused on post-disaster heritage revitalization:
Two main questions to be discussed during the workshop:
How Faro Convention can be an instrument of local revitalization ?
Which methodology(ies) to implement Faro Convention with communities as a sustainable heritage governance?

7. 2. The FC Research-Action Workshop
The first Faro Convention Research-Action Workshop is focused on post-disaster heritage revitalization.
Three main topics (sessions) will be developed during the workshop:
Session 1 – Heritage in a Societal Change
Heritage and gender issues
Heritage and inclusive society
Session 2 – Heritage as an Ecosystem of Development
Sustainable initiatives to put value on heritage in Europe
Integrated heritage (nature, culture) in rural places

8. 2. The FC Research-Action Workshop
The first Faro Convention Research-Action Workshop is focused on post-disaster heritage revitalization.
Three main topics (sessions) will be developed during the workshop:
Session 3 – Make Heritage Accessible
Learn from local community knowledge
Museum: a place of education and diffusion

9. 2. The FC Research-Action Workshop
The first Faro Convention Research-Action Workshop is focused on post-disaster heritage revitalization.
Participants from different academic circles (universities, research institutes and centres) and interested civil society organizations (NGOs, museums, associations, etc.) will present and analyse specific European case studies from various Faro Convention related heritage angles (social development, territorial ecosystem, education) and make recommendations for heritage community involvement in a research- action process.

10. 3. The Research-Action Workshop
Parallel sessions: academics presentation (15 minutes by participant)
Session 1 – Heritage in a Societal Change
Dr Panas Karampampas (EHESS, France) / (Intangible) Cultural Heritage Policies at Times of Crisis in Greece
Prof. Lauso Zagato (Venice University, Italy) / The Italian Ratification of the Faro Convention: what contribution to and by heritage communities, practitioners, and officers (for an inclusive society?) – [with Dr. Simona Pinton, Venice University]
PhD student Manon Collin (Université Catholique de Louvain & Avignon University, Belgium & France) / Migrants at Museum: which social and European meanings ?

11. 3. The Research-Action Workshop
Parallel sessions: academics presentation (15 minutes by participant)
Session 2 – Heritage as an Ecosystem of Development
Dr Marie Gaillard (FFECR, France) / The “European Cultural Routes” (ECR): a concrete European action for cultural development ?
PhD candidate Matthias Ripp (Brandenburg University, Germany; OWHC) / Heritage-Management at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Regensburg
PhD candidate Ángel Portolés-Gorris (Jaume I University, Spain) / An Example of Heritage Communities Network: the Jaume I University of Castellón Patrimoni project

12. 3. The Research-Action Workshop
Parallel sessions: academics presentation (15 minutes by participant)
Session 3 – Make Heritage Accessible
Dr Margherita Sani (NEMO, Germany) / Making Heritage Accessible: Museums, communities and participation
Dr Luís Raposo (ICOM-Europe, Portugal) / Communities and Museums in Abandoned Lands
Dr Andrea Sieber (Institut für Unterrichts und Schulentwicklung, Austria) / Make Heritage Accessible: learn from local community knowledge

13. 3. The Research-Action Workshop
Parallel sessions led by Marco Polvani (session 1 - Heritage in a Societal Change), Alessio di Giulio (session 2 - Heritage as an Ecosystem of Development) and Valeria Pica (session 3 - Make Heritage Accessible);
Participants are invited to work on methodology recommendations (Charter) during collective sessions;
Participants are invited to work on Faro implementation (Charter) during collective sessions;
Participants are invited to work on collective reflexion to prepare “2018, the European Year of Cultural Heritage”;
Workshop follow-up: academics will be asked to produce a reflexion paper (10,000 characters) based on discussions and collective work.